Suicide Assessment and Treatment Planning (John Sommers-Flanagan).

Эта книга является уникальным руководством по проведению оценки и разработки плана лечения самоубийств, специально разработанным для практикующих терапевтов и психотерапевтов. Если вы хотите ознакомиться с процессом оценки и лечения людей, столкнувшихся с суицидальными мыслями, то эта книга - именно то, что вам нужно! В ней опытный психолог Джон Соммерс-Фланаган подробно описывает все этапы процесса: начиная от выявления возможных симптомов, и заканчивая разработкой эффективного плана терапии. Особое внимание автор уделяет методам работы со сложным случаем, которые могут помочь предотвратить трагический исход. Книга будет полезна всем специалистам, работающим в области здравоохранения, а также тем, кто хочет лучше понимать подход к профилактике суицидальных случаев."

This volume provides the clinician with a systematic approach to the assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, offering specific assessment tools and case examples focusing on both clinical and research applications.\nThere are six chapters, including the following key topics: Burns2pt; A Multicultural Model for Suicide Risk Assessment, Measurement Issues in Suicidal Assessment, Use of the Client Centered Interview: A Suicide Assessment Protocol, Substance Abuse and Suicidality (RIP), Assessing Suicidal Means and Hostile Intent Intrarater Reliability, Validity and Cultural Issues in Assessing Depression, and Assessing Risk for Violence in Settings Involving Adolescents and Adults Afflicted with Personality Disorders. Two chapters focus on accurate assessment methods, such as conducting semistructured interviews along with measures of suicide-related attitudes and beliefs, as well as sharing new information about sleep displacement. Clinical case examples illustrate commonly occurring psychosocial problems.\nThe book concludes with chapters on integrating the results of the suicide risk assessment into treatment planning, documentation of evaluation findings, issues of referral and intervention, suicidal patients in the mental health clinic, administrative and human resource considerations, ethical dilemmas when addressing risk of suicide and illegal and improper therapy practices.\nAssessing risk of suicide in clinical practice involves integration of information from various professionals, assessment instruments, therapies, perspectives, decision-making strategies, outcome measures and employment of telemedicine modalities. The second part of the book offers suggestions for facilitating suicide assessments with variation of decision levels and goals.\nMeans utilized for communication with suicidal individuals include use of books, educational programs, home visits and fraudulently obtained information exhibited at seminars. Most important achievements and the authors\' contributions in areas of assessment, methods of treatment, multidimensional studies of risk factors related to thought lethal will likely be discussed.\nReprint of a classic Textbook that has been widely used for undergraduate and graduate level training in clinical, counseling, community settings, in both developed and underdeveloped nations worldwide for more than two decades. It is well recognized for its clear, bulleted presentation format, comprehensive inclusion of assessment measures, clinical applications and a general approach toward treatment approach. Despite successful use in managing suicidal men, women, adolescents and children, the book also thoroughly breaks down its evidence base and suggests potential refinements in statistical analysis, priority placement of use of various psychometric measures in evaluating outcomes of specific treatments, direct between-group comparisons with an emphasis on ethnicity, socioeconomic status and cultural adaptations."